Chapter 195: Apologies
After listening to Xiao Lu's apology coldly, Xiao Xuan suddenly had some difficulty reacting.
She looked at Xiao Lu and didn't speak for a long time, their sisters have been competing against each other for many years, and Xiao Lu will occasionally apologize to her when she is at a disadvantage.
But the apology at that time was not out of sincerity, although Xiao Lu said sorry words, there was no apology in his eyes and expression.
And here and now, Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Lu's face, her eyes were really apologetic.
"How?" Xiao Lu couldn't help but laugh when she saw Xiao Xuan's stunned expression. "Did I scare you?"
"No, no." Xiao Xuan subconsciously shook his head in denial. "I didn't expect my big sister to suddenly say this to me today, I wasn't scared, and I was a little surprised but it was true."
"I actually didn't want to talk to you about this today," Xiao Lu waved his hand to signal Brother Parrot and the others to step back. "It's just that Fang Cai suddenly felt it in his heart."
Xiao Lu waited for everyone to retreat before continuing.
"Before you were born, I was the only pearl in my father's knees. At that time, even if my mother was not favored, my father valued me very much. My father will also sit at my mother's side from time to time for me. But when you were born, you had such a favored mother and such a prominent grandmother, and your father gradually liked you more. "When Xiao Lu talked about the things that she was obsessed with and entangled in the past, she was already relieved." I'm jealous of you, so I will fight with you everywhere when I was a child. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't please the eye. and the marriage that I couldn't ask for at that time, and I also turned the regret I couldn't get into hatred for you, so that I could make myself feel better. ”
"Well, but big sister, even if I was willing to pull the strings for you back then, to be honest, as long as my grandmother doesn't nod, you and my cousin won't be able to make it."
"You don't have to explain, I've actually figured it out a long time ago, but it's because it's become my habit to complain about you when I encounter trouble over the years." Xiao Lu said with a smile. "Since I got married and left the palace, my life has been pretty good. When I'm fine, I'm always cranky about the past. If you think about it too much, you will naturally think about it. only to find out that it turned out to be a little annoying. ”
"Big sister, let the past pass." Xiao Xuan's gaze moved down and saw Xiao Lu's bulging belly. "My father is actually very helpless about you and me in my heart, and the eldest sister has figured it out now, and my father must be very happy. But the most important thing at the moment is the child in the belly of the big sister, the big sister might as well not think about anything and take care of the baby. ”
"Well, I will." Xiao Lu said.
On the way back to the palace, Xiao Xuan sat in the carriage and didn't speak quietly all the way.
"Princess, drink some water." Dan Tang saw that Xiao Xuan's lips were a little dry, so he took out the water bladder from the carriage, poured a glass of water and handed it over.
"yes, okay." Xiao Xuan came back to his senses, took the water handed over by Dan Tangerine, and drank it in one gulp.
"The princess looks so spiritless?" Dan Tang took Xiao Xuan's clean water cup again and asked curiously. "Is it because you're not feeling well?"
"No, I'm fine." Xiao Xuan leaned against the wall of the car and shook his head. "I just didn't expect my big sister to say that to me today."
"The slave maid has indeed changed a lot after seeing Princess Nan'an pregnant." Green Forest also spoke. "There is no original anger on his face, and he looks gentle and smooth."
"It seems that what the mother concubine said earlier has some truth, if the eldest sister doesn't go out of the palace, she may still not be able to figure it out. Now that she has her own family and her own children, she thinks that things can come from the perspective of her father and Concubine Chen. Xiao Xuan said with a smile.
After Xiao Xuan returned to the palace, he told Xiao Lu's words to Emperor Liu's concubine.
Emperor Liu's concubine looked like she had been prepared.
"Isn't the mother surprised at all?" Xiao Xuan hugged Emperor Liu's arm tightly and asked.
"Why should I be surprised?" Concubine Liu gave her a blank look and said. "When a woman has a child of her own, she will naturally think about things from a different perspective than before. You're not married, and you don't understand that. ”
"Hmph, I don't understand."
"I look at you, you just talk back." Concubine Liu Huang nodded at her. "She figured it out on her own, or for something else. Now that she is married, the future of her and her children depends on your father. Figuring it out early is of great benefit to her and her children. ”
"Hmm." Xiao Xuan couldn't help nodding.
"You, leave her alone. I asked Suihong to teach you things, have you learned them all by heart? "Emperor Liu's concubine suddenly changed the subject." In the future, when you get married, you can't expect others to handle all the things in your princess's mansion for you. In general, you have to have a spectrum in your own heart, although Suihong will follow you out of the palace in the future, but you also have to learn a little more about what she taught you. ”
"Suihong is the most useful palace maid by the side of the concubine, is the concubine willing to take it away from me?" Suihong is a person that Emperor Liu's concubine is used to, and she is extremely loyal, she is willing to give her to herself, and it is Emperor Liu's concubine who thinks about herself.
"What can you do if you are reluctant? Although Dan Tang and Green Forest are loyal to you, they are younger and have never encountered anything by your side, so they still have to let Spike Red take them. "Emperor Liu's concubine disliked Xiao Xuan and hugged her tightly, and it took a long time to pull out her arm." There are many rules in the palace, so it's okay for Suihong to go out with you. After she brings out the orange and the green forest, you can ask her what she thinks, and if she wants, you will choose a family for her to marry. If she doesn't want to, you're responsible for providing for her. ”
"yes, I see." Sui Hong's situation, Xiao Xuan also knows it in his heart.
"When I go to my own princess's mansion in the future, I can't follow my own heart in everything." Concubine Liu Huang turned her head to look at Xiao Xuan and said. "The love between husband and wife is not only a momentary love, but also a cumulative relationship. You, who have been spoiled by your father, are not allowed to play with your temper after getting married, you know? ”
"How can I have, I am such a well-behaved and lovely princess, how can I be as delicate and ignorant as my mother said." Xiao Xuan licked her face again and came to Concubine Liu's side. "Is the mother reluctant to let me lose her temper?"
"Where am I reluctant to give up on you, you are so clingy, I have long been annoying you." Concubine Liu Huang originally wanted to keep a straight face, but she couldn't help but smile, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly. "And say that you are well-behaved, you go and see the young lady of the family who is as old as you outside, which one is like you? If you were really sensible back then, you should have listened to my idea and married your cousin Yu. ”
"Mother, it's hard to say. My grandmother finally let Cousin Yu choose a girl who satisfies him this year, and she will get married at the end of the year. Xiao Xuan pretended to reach out to cover the mouth of Emperor Liu's concubine. If the words of the mother concubine reach the ears of others, it doesn't matter to me as a princess, I am afraid that Cousin Yu will be difficult to do. ”
Before Princess Mu left the imperial capital, she entrusted Mu Tingyu's marriage to the eldest princess of Yongshou and the concubine of Emperor Liu.
The eldest princess of Yongshou and Concubine Liu were inevitably a little ashamed of Mu Tingyu who was left alone in the imperial capital, and in the matter of looking at the marriage for him, the two of them were no less attentive than choosing a concubine for Xiao Yu and Xiao Jun brothers back then.
In order to see the suitable ladies of the family, the Yongshou Eldest Princess's Mansion and Yihua Palace held one flower banquet after another. It's just that Mu Tingyu's requirements are high, and he doesn't know how many families he picked, but he can always say something wrong.
The tall ones are too tall, and the short ones are too short. The beautiful disgusting parents are too good-looking, and the ordinary ones are disgusted with the boring life. In short, no matter how tall or short he is, he always has a reason to dislike others.
The eldest princess of Yongshou and the concubine of Emperor Liu broke their hearts for him, and the ladies of the family in the imperial capital were all looked at each other, but Mu Tingyu couldn't take a fancy to them.
Fortunately, at the beginning of this year, the high-ranking officers stationed in other places took their families to change their guards, and many families returned to the imperial capital with their families. Among these families, there are naturally some school-age girls who are not yet married.
Finally, not long ago, Mu Tingyu took the initiative to find the eldest princess of Yongshou, saying that he had taken a fancy to the girl of the family and wanted to ask the eldest princess of Yongshou to come forward to propose.
Hearing this, the eldest princess of Yongshou couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly grabbed Mu Tingyu to ask for details.
Mu Tingyu very calmly told the eldest princess Yongshou about the girl's family background and origin, the girl's father is the new squire of the military department, and her mother is from Jiangmen.
The eldest princess of Yongshou entered the palace on the second day and told Emperor Liu's concubine about it, and Concubine Liuhuang invited the girl's family into the palace.
After meeting the girl, the eldest princess of Yongshou and the concubine of Emperor Liu were also very satisfied with her. This marriage was personally brokered by the eldest princess of Yongshou and the concubine of Emperor Liu, and it was a logical success.
"Isn't it enough for me to say two words in my own palace?" Concubine Liu raised her eyebrows. "Speaking of which, your cousin Yu's wedding date is approaching, you should go to your grandmother's house to have a look, and by the way, backup gifts and send them over."
Xiao Lu was pregnant in October, gave birth once, and successfully gave birth to a girl.
Mrs. Shizi of Zhenguo, who had been waiting outside the delivery room, was a little disappointed at first after hearing Wen Po say that Xiao Lu gave birth to a girl, but then she thought that Duan Shaoyou and Xiao Lu were still young anyway, and it was a good thing to bloom first and then bear fruit, plus Wu Chuan, who was sent by Emperor Chu, had been waiting by the side, and she was not happy in her heart.
Duan Shaoyou hugged his newborn daughter, and he was very happy in his heart.
After Concubine Chen learned the good news in the palace, she couldn't help crying with joy.
Emperor Chu immediately named Xiao Lu's eldest daughter as the county lord, and the reward was also sent to Princess Nan'an's mansion as soon as possible, and Princess Nan'an's mansion was even more jubilant.